2018 Superclásico Championship

The 2018 SuperClásico Championship was a four-way international friendly soccer tournament that was held in Saudi Arabia, in which the Saudi team competes with Iraq, Argentina and Brazil in friendly matches at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium and King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, and King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah.[1] It was planned to be the national team of Egypt as the Arab competitor along with Saudi national team, but after the Egyptian team apologized, the Iraq team was invited to participate in its place and hesitated to participate for its commitment to other matches, then announced its welcome to participate, and the FIFA officially included all the matches of this championship in his agenda for October 2018.[2]

2018 Superclásico Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates11–16 October
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored9 (2.25 per match)

Participants

Format

Teams played each other once during the FIFA Calendar. with considering Argentina versus Brazil match as a part of Superclásico de las Américas.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
2  Argentina 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
3  Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
4  Iraq 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1
Source: Goalzz

Matches
Iraq 0–4 Argentina
Martinez  18'
Pereyra  53'
Pezzella  82'
Cervi  90'+1'
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Brazil
Report Jesus  43'
Sandro  90'+6'
Attendance: 23,401
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Iraq
Al-Bishi  90+4' Report Ali  71'
Attendance: 23,401
Brazil 1–0 Argentina
Miranda  90+3' Report
Attendance: 62,315

References
  1. "SuperClásico matches in Riyadh and Jeddah". Saudigazette. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. Okaz_online@, «عكاظ» (جدة) (2018-10-13). "فيفا يعتمد «سوبر كلاسيكو» ضمن أجندته". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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